Enantioselective addition of organometallics to aldehydes using camphor derived chiral 1,4-aminoalcohols as ligands

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0957-4166(99)00413-9

(+)-Camphor derived enantiomerically pure 1,4-aminoalcohols have been used as ligands in the addition reactions of n-BuLi and n-BuMgBr to benzaldehyde and in the reaction of diethylzinc with benzaldehyde and hexanal. All chiral secondary alcohols were obt